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Safina dispatches Brianti in semis

Associated Press

Saturday, July 25, 2009

PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- Top-ranked Dinara Safina has reached her seventh final of the year by beating Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-4, 6-3 at the Slovenia Open. Safina had little difficulty in ousting the 107th-ranked Brianti in 1 hour, 34 minutes on Saturday. The Russian is playing her first tournament since losing to Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semifinals. Safina lost her serve when serving for the first set at 5-3 but broke right back. She then took a 3-1 lead in the second and held on fr ...

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